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2026
- 11412 Learning at Scale : Infrastructure, Aid Effectiveness, and World Bank Performance
by Lall, Somik V. & Su, Xinyi & Vagliasindi, Maria
- 11411 Federal Research Funding and STEM Education
by Cook, Emily E. & Ghose, Devaki & Khmelnitskaya, Ekaterina
- 11410 Transportation Infrastructure and Total Factor Productivity : Development Heterogeneity and Resilience under Adverse Shocks
by Kim, Hyunseok
- 11409 Do Information-Based Interventions Influence Tax Compliance Differently across Men and Women ? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
by Ambel, Alemayehu A. & Woldeyes, Firew Bekele
- 11408 The Impact of School Grants on Disadvantaged Students: Experimental Evidence from Romania
by de Hoyos, Rafael & Munteanu, Andrei & Pop-Eleches, Cristian
- 11407 Assessing The Real-World Economic Value of Weather Forecasts under Compounding Extremes : A Decision-Specific Framework
by Olivetti, Leonardo & Messori, Gabriele & Avner, Paolo & Hallegatte, Stephane
- 11406 Firm’s Preferences for Emissions Reducing Measures and Willingness to Pay for a Carbon Tax in Viet Nam
by Timilsina, Govinda R. & Tran, Chau & Hochman.Gal
- 11405 The (Fiscal) Dividend of Infrastructure : Roads and Revenues in Rwanda
by Musonera, Abdou & Nsabimana, Aimable & Overbeck, Daniel
- 11404 Trade Finance Use by Heterogeneous Firms
by de Nicola, Francesca & Ragoussis, Alexandros & Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Tim & Tran, Trang Thu
- 11403 A Theory of “Political Will” for Reforms
by Karpuska, Laura & Khemani, Stuti
- 11402 The Impact of Conflict on Foreign Investments : Evidence from Project-Level Data
by Grover, Arti & Vézina, Pierre-Louis
- 11401 Measuring Agency Through Psychological Constructs in Lower-Income Settings
by Clingain, Clare & Donald, Aletheia Amalia & Hernandez-de-Benito, Maria
- 11400 Worldwide Job Losses Due to Natural Hazards
by Isah, Abdulrasheed Abdulkarim & Rentschler, Jun & Middelanis, Robin & Avner, Paolo & Hallegatte, Stephane
- 11399 Gender and Goals Matter for Youth Employment : Returns to Socio-Emotional Skills Training in Tanzania
by Cassidy, Rachel & Das, Smita & Delavallade, Clara & Kipchumba, Elijah & Sulaiman, Munshi
- 11398 Who Gains from Cybersecurity Preparedness ? Evidence from Sectoral Growth
by Vergara Cobos, Estefania Belen & Cakir, Selcen & Mei Zahav, Hagai
- 11397 Motherhood and Labor Market Trajectories in Türkiye
by Baez, Javier E. & Garriga, Santiago & Perova, Elizaveta & Tyurkileri, Meliz
- 11396 Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Small Area Estimation of Poverty with Survey and Census Data
by Dang, Hai-Anh H. & Do, Minh & Lahiri, Partha & Gualavisi, Melany & Newhouse, David & Kilic, Talip & Lanjouw, Peter & Van der Weide, Roy
- 11395 Inequality of Opportunity in South Asia: The Puzzle of Educational Gains Without Consumption Gains
by Bussolo, Maurizio & Peragine, Vito & Reutzel, Fabian
- 11394 Bridging the Gap : Infrastructure, Services, and Labor Market Integration
by Ghose, Devaki & Karpaty, Patrik & Söderlund, Bengt & Zhao, Yingyan
- 11393 Comparing the Effectiveness of Low-Carbon Policies : A Technology Diffusion Approach
by Chewpreecha, Unnada & de Nicola, Francesca & Mattoo, Aaditya & Pollitt, Hector & Tran, Trang Thu
- 11392 Innovation Patterns in the World Bank Group Portfolio : A Pilot Analysis of IEG Evaluations for Lending Operations
by Agapitova, Natalia & Nedayvoda, Anastasia & Winkler, Stephen Joseph & Rothschild, Amschel Nathaniel De & Ertekin, Ergun & Lenoble, Sarah
- 11391 The Economics of Cloud Infrastructure : Cost, Risk, and Comparative Advantage in a Commoditized Data Market
by Charlita De Freitas, Luciano & Kerf, Michel & Evangelista, Priscila Honório & Najles, Julian & Esteves, Luiz Alberto & Andres, Luis Alberto
- 11390 Closing the Doors : Sexual Harassment and the Survival Rates of Women-owned Firms
by Delecourt, Solène & Papineni, Sreelakshmi & Buehren, Niklas & Alibhai, Salman
- 11389 Are the Poor More Exposed to Climate Hazards in Latin America?
by Brunckhorst, Ben James & Doan, Miki Khanh & De la Fuente, Alejandro & Freije-Rodriguez, Samuel & García, Catalina & Nguyen, Minh Cong
- 11388 In Sickness and In Health : Motivating Improved Healthcare Using Holistic Patient Contracts
by Croke, Kevin & Daniels, Benjamin & Lipinski, Robert & Rogger, Daniel
- 11387 Nudging Parents out the Door : The Impacts of Parental Encouragement on School Choice and Test Scores
by Gray-Lobe, Guthrie & Kremer, Michael & de Laat, Joost & Mbonu, Oluchi & Scanlon, Cole
- 11386 Converging Paths : Intergenerational Educational Mobility and the Decline of Gender and Geographic Gaps in Bangladesh
by Olivieri, Sergio & Razzu, Giovanni & Wambile, Ayago Esmubancha
- 11385 Tax Evasion and the Contribution-Benefit Link : The Case of Parental Benefits in Hungary and Latvia
by Bíró, Anikó & Elek, Péter & Jascisens, Vitalijs & Prinz, Daniel & Sándor, László & Zasova, Anna
- 11384 Do Socio-Emotional Skills Pay Off and Can They Be Developed Through Training ? A Meta-Analysis
by Angel-Urdinola, Diego & Kugler, Maurice & Lee, Narae & Santos, Angelo & Zhorayev, Olzhas
- 11383 Public-Private Dialogue and Growth
by Gwee, Yi Jie & Reed, Tristan
- 11382 Using Survey Data to Understand the Health Needs of Difficult to Reach Populations : Evidence from a Community Survey Regarding the Individual and Contextual Correlates of Sex Life Happiness Among European Men Who Have Sex With Men
by Hamilton, Alexander & Hickson, Ford & Schmidt, Axel J
- 11381 International Trade Finance and Learning Dynamics
by Kohn, David & Luttini, Emiliano Evaristo & Szkup, Michal & Zhang, Shengxing
- 11380 One-Fifth of the World’s Population Is at High Risk of Climate-Related Hazards
by Hill, Ruth & Gorgulu, Nisan & Brunckhorst, Ben James & Nguyen, Minh Cong & Hallegatte, Stephane & Naikal, Esther G.
- 11379 The Missing Half of Capital : Unlocking Finance for Women-Led Firms in Europe and Central Asia
by Baheti, Daksh & Burga, Lucero & Fruttero, Anna & Luzi, Lucia
- 11378 Does Social Assistance Reach the Most Vulnerable in Settings with Forced Displacement ? Evidence from the Central African Republic
by Lain, Jonathan William & Hoogeveen, Johannes G.
- 11377 Closing Data Gaps in Fertilizer Subsidy Analysis in Bangladesh : A Survey-to-Survey Imputation Approach
by Jonaed, FNU & Gachet Otanez, Ivan Francisco & Tornarolli, Leopoldo
- 11376 Can a Digital Job Search Coach Reduce Unemployment ? Experimental Evidence from France
by Ben Dhia, Aïcha & Crépon, Bruno & Mbih, Esther & Paul-Delvaux, Louise Rita & Picard, Bertille & Pons, Vincent
- 11375 Rising Heat in the Labor Market : The Impact of Rising Temperatures on Firms and Jobs in Europe
by Bettarelli, Luca & Farole, Thomas & Ganslmeir, Michael & Santos, Indhira Vanessa & Schiffbauer, Marc Tobias
- 11374 Using Price Incentives to Bound Welfare from Pay-as-You-Go Solar Electricity
by Lang, Megan Elizabeth
- 11373 Occupational Mobility and Green Transition : A Stylized Estimation of Skill Investment Needs in South Asia
by Ham, Andrés & Vazquez, Emmanuel Jose & Yanez Pagans, Monica & Knudsen, Camilla & Asad, Saher
- 11372 Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Norms : A Machine Learning Analysis of the Arab Republic of Egypt
by Pecorari, Natalia & Cuesta Leiva, Jose Antonio
- 11371 How Effective Are Emission Trading Systems in Reducing Emissions ? Empirical Evidence from the EU, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea
by Song, Ze & Hochman, Gal & Timilsina, Govinda R.
- 11370 At the Edge of Risk : Assessing Mongolia’s “Plausible Worst-Case” Scenario
by Petrauskaite, Migle & Pollitt, Hector & Lin, Xinru
- 11369 Management of Health Care Facilities and Patient Attendance during Major Disruptions : Evidence from Kenya
by Andrews, Kathryn Gilman & Dal Ri, Fabiano & Gatti, Roberta V. & Lemos, Renata Freitas & Macis, Mario & Nakhone, Lydia
- 11368 Uganda's Pioneer Refugee Model : Advances in Inclusion, Self-Reliance, and Pathways Forward
by Awor, Susan & Rozo, Sandra
- 11367 Horizontal Equity of Taxation : Citizen Beliefs and Policy Preferences
by Bachas, Pierre & Hoy, Christopher Alexander & Jensen, Anders & Shaukat, Mahvish Ifrah
- 11366 Even the Announcement Matters ? The Effect of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on Exporter Behavior
by Aytun, Ugur & Berg, Gunhild & Cilasun, Seyit Mümin & Ozen, Etkin
- 11365 Family Matters : Social Networks and Women’s Economic Empowerment
by Ayivi Guedehoussou, Nono Akpedje & Sahay, Abhilasha & Cucagna, Maria Emilia & Sharma, Mansi
- 11364 Weather Shocks and Unintended Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Ahmed, Musa Hasen & Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw & Mesfin, Hiwot Mekonnen & Gebremariam, Gebrelibanos
- 11363 In Tablets We Trust ? Validation of the Use of Tablet-Based Tools for Land Area Measurement in Household Surveys
by Petruccelli, Federica & Gourlay, Sydney & Paolantonio, Adriana & Clemente, Emanuele & Ilukor, John
- 11362 Are Robots Shifting Foreign Direct Investments ?
by de Nicola, Francesca & Tan, Shawn W. & Tang, Aaron
- 11361 Does Automatic Loan Approval Reduce Gender Bias in SME Lending ?
by Arraiz, Irani & Bruhn, Miriam & Ruiz Ortega, Claudia
- 11360 Fine-Scale Spatial Disaggregation of Statistical Data via Graph Neural Networks
by Lee, Kamwoo & Blankespoor, Brian & Newhouse, David
- 11359 Survey-to-Survey Poverty Monitoring under Economic Shocks : The Role of Proxies and Flexible Nonlinear Learners
by Yoshida, Nobuo & Kawashima, Yusaku & Takamatsu, Shinya
- 11358 Project-Level Learning Lowers the Conflict Cost Premium of Energy Access
by Ahmad, Ali
- 11357 Completing the AfCFTA Mosaic : Liberalization of Trade in Services
by Dairabayeva, Karlygash Serikovna & Estrades Pineyrua, Carmen & Maliszewska, Maryla
- 11356 Counteracting the Impact of Societal Aging on Income Inequality : A Case Study of Malaysia
by Rongen, Gerton & Dornan, Matthew & O'Keefe, Philip & Lanjouw, Peter
- 11355 Testing for Market Power in Agricultural Land Markets : Evidence from Ukraine
by Deininger, Klaus W. & Ali, Daniel Ayalew
- 11354 Foreign Tariffs as Catalysts for Reform ? The Potential Development Dividend
by Barattieri, Alessandro & Mattoo, Aaditya & Signoret, Jose E.
- 11353 Policy Pulse : Sensing the Sentiment toward Climate Policies in the Public Sphere
by Gorgulu, Nisan & Mealy, Penelope Ann
- 11352 Foreign Demand Shocks and Domestic Value Added : Firm-Level Evidence from Viet Nam
by Agarwal, Anmol & Barattieri, Alessandro & Mattoo, Aaditya
- 11351 Raising Children Alone in Latin America and the Caribbean : Strong Mothers and Weak Social Assistance
by Cuesta, Laura & De Hoop, Jacobus Joost & Nopo Aguilar, Hugo Rolando
- 11350 The World Is Developing at Its Slowest Pace in 75 Years
by Mahler, Daniel Gerszon & Serajuddin, Umar & Wadhwa, Divyanshi & Yonzan, Nishant
- 11349 Bottom-Coding for the Measurement of Global Poverty and Inequality
by Yonzan, Nishant & Nguyen, Minh Cong & Lakner, Christoph & Kraay, Aart C. & Jolliffe, Dean Mitchell & Wu, Haoyu & Lara Ibarra, Gabriel
- 11348 Multidimensional Poverty : Why Not Make Up the Missing Joint Distribution Data ?
by Decerf, Benoit & Ferrando, Mery & Menyhert, Balint
- 11347 International Trade Policy and Quantitative Models : A Practitioner’s Guide
by Artuc, Erhan & Ortega Hernandez, Johan Andrey
- 11346 Urban Heat, Mortality, and Economic Costs : Evidence from Bangkok, Thailand
by Park, Jane & Rubinyi, Steven Louis
- 11345 Who Smooths the Shock ? Government and Private Saving in International Risk Sharing
by Bokhua, Giorgi & Islamaj, Ergys
- 11344 Do State SME Programs Work ? Evidence from Loan Subsidies and Credit Guarantees in Kazakhstan
by Melecky, Martin & Ruiz Ortega, Claudia & Bizhan, Asset & Jambal, Ganbaatar
- 11343 Moving beyond Time Poverty : Measuring Women’s and Men’s Time-Use Agency
by Daum, Thomas & Kilic, Talip & Koolwal, Gayatri & Seymour, Greg & Vundru, Wilbert Drazi
- 11342 Shaken, but Not Deterred : Acute Stressors and the Formation of Hope and Aspirations among Tertiary-Educated Youth in Myanmar in the Aftermath of the 2025 Earthquake
by Bloem, Jeffrey R. & Ghorpade, Yashodhan & Imtiaz, Muhammad Saad
- 11341 Where Are Pakistan’s Out-of-School Children ? Mapping Accessibility of Schooling Using Satellite Data and Machine Learning Methods with an Application to the 2022 Floods
by Saif, Umar & Hasan, Amer & Tahir, Ayesha & Geven, Koen Martijn & Ali, Mohsen & Masood, Aliza & Abdul Rahman, Muhammad & Fazili, Sheena
- 11340 Policy Lessons from International Commodity Agreements : Failure of Non-Oil Pacts and the Endurance of OPEC
by Baffes, John & Nagle, Peter & Streifel, Shane S.
- 11339 Electrifying Africa’s Economic Transformation : What Reforms Should Governments Pursue?
by Dabalen, Andrew L. & Khemani, Stuti & Lang, Megan Elizabeth & Timilsina, Govinda R.
- 11338 Willingness-to-Pay for Emerging Technologies : A Study of Hydrogen Demand in the Ammonia Industry
by Ikonnikova, Svetlana & Steinbuks, Jevgenijs
- 11337 Is Place-Based Green Industrial Policy Effective ? Evidence from the Inflation Reduction Act
by Keuzenkamp, Joep & Mazza, Jacopo & Rijkers, Bob & Stapleton, Katherine
- 11336 Women’s Political Empowerment and Public Spending Efficiency in Developing Countries
by Coulibaly, Yacouba & Coulibaly, Aissata
- 11335 Conflicts and Firm Outcomes : Evidence from the West Bank and Gaza over the Last Decade (2016–25)
by Deng, Jingyuan & Mele, Gianluca
- 11334 Coverage or Intensity of Support ? Adaptive Social Protection to Reduce Disaster-Related Poverty
by Middelanis, Robin & Jafino, Bramka Arga & Kawasoe, Yasuhiro
- 11333 Beyond Wages : What Matters Most in Job Choice for Women in El Salvador
by Contreras, Ivette & Dinarte, Lelys & Palacios-Lopez, Amparo & Costa, Valentina & Romero, Steffanny
- 11332 Digital Technology, Gender, and Structural Transformation : Evidence from the Mashreq
by Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys & Robertson, Raymond & Tariq, Adeel
- 11331 Where Firms Retire Carbon Offsets : Operational Footprints and Offset Quality
by Pedraza, Alvaro & Williams, Tomas & Zeni, Federica
- 11330 Global Fertility Responses to Climate-Related Hazards Depend on Population Disruption, Lethality, and Hazard Type
by Mejía, Leonardo Bonilla & Lopez-Feldman, Alejandro & Tribin Uribe, Ana Maria & Lopez Vera, Stefany
- 11329 Industrial Policy and Economic Growth : Evidence from Saudi Arabia
by Yang, Dilan & Chattha, Muhammad Khudadad
- 11328 Disruption without Dividend ? How the Digital Divide and Task Differences Split GenAI’s Global Impact
by Gmyrek, Pawel & Viollaz, Mariana & Winkler, Hernan
- 11327 From Disparity to Equality : Strategic Targeting to Close Gender Gaps in Business Upgrading Programs
by J. Anderson, Stephen & Grover, Arti & Kankanhalli, Shreya & Ramani, Nandini
- 11326 To Have It All ? Career and Family of College-Educated Women in an Emerging Economy
by Bimardhika, Elghafiky & Halim, Daniel Zefanya
- 11325 Turning Inward and/or Outward : Which Socioemotional Skills Pay for Agribusiness Entrepreneurs in Nigeria ?
by Das, Smita & Delavallade, Clara & Fashogbon, Ayodele Emmanuel & Papineni, Sreelakshmi
- 11324 Toward a Standard for Landslide Data : Bridging Gaps in Landslide Susceptibility Modeling and Early Warning Systems
by Niyokwiringirwa, Priscilla & Gall, Tjark & Jha, Abhas K.
- 11323 Emerging Successes in Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth in West Africa
by Dabalen, Andrew L. & Fuglie, Keith & Goyal, Aparajita
- 11322 Formalizing Savings
by Melecky, Martin & Singer, Dorothe
- 11321 Urban Expansion and Protection Gaps amid Evolving Flood Exposure
by Rentschler, Jun & Klaiber, Christoph & Zhu, Mengjue & Marconcini, Mattia
- 11320 Does Message Framing Matter for Tax Compliance ? Evidence from a WhatsApp Field Experiment
by Antonacci, Paulo & Chattha, Muhammad Khudadad & Soko, Naranggi Pramudya & Tyas, Prabaning
- 11319 Why Do Some Countries Build Safer ? Economic Constraints, Disaster Learning, and the Two-Stage Housing Quality Ladder
by Kawasoe, Yasuhiro
- 11318 The Effects of Regulatory Information Systems on Credit Allocation : Evidence from Brazil’s Rural Credit Bureau
by Arduini, Silvio & Miguel Liriano, Faruk & Moreira, Claudio & Pedraza, Alvaro & Ruiz Ortega, Claudia & Sampaio, Paulo & Dos Santos, Lucas
- 11317 Wage Subsidies to Promote Female Hiring: Evidence from Pakistan
by Bussolo, Maurizio & Lee, Jean Nahrae & Mahmud, Mahreen & Sarma, Nayantara & Williams, Anaise
- 11316 The Poverty Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
by Hallegatte, Stephane & Mahler, Daniel Gerszon & Decerf, Benoit
- 11315 Demand Shocks in Equity Markets and Firm Responses
by Broner, Fernando & Cortina Lorente, Juan Jose & Schmukler, Sergio & Williams, Tomas
- 11314 Do Investments in Digital Infrastructure Improve Employment Outcomes ? Evidence from Türkiye
by Demir, Banu & Grover, Arti
- 11313 Click, Code, Earn : The Returns to Digital Skills
by Soares Martins Neto, Antonio & Liu, Yan & Khunara, Saloni & Porras Lopez, Juan Manuel
- 11312 From Training to Earning : The 7-Year Impact of Dual Apprenticeships on Youth Employment
by Crépon, Bruno & Lestant, Eva & Premand, Patrick
- 11311 The Role of Credible Mitigation Measures in Building Citizen Trust for Subsidy Reforms : Lessons from Angola’s Public Opinion Survey
by Martinez Pabon, Valentina & Eduardo, Nelson Tisso Miezi & Paul, Boban Varghese & Sousa, Liliana D.
- 11310 Productivity Gap between Women- and Men-Run Private Hotels in Georgia : A Data Envelopment Analysis–Based Meta Frontier Analysis
by Amin, Mohammad & Ali, Nesma
- 11309 Unveiling Hidden Hardships : Leveraging Alternative Data to Map Multidimensional Vulnerability in the Central African Republic
by Nossek, Vincent Remi & Kosmidou-Bradley, Walker & Mortier, Frédéric & Chevillé, Bastien & Mandon, Pierre Jean-Claude
- 11308 The Effects of Digital Literacy on Wages in Europe and Central Asia
by Nebiler, Metin & Park, Kyunglin
- 11307 Small Emerging Markets: A New Asset Class
by Pedraza, Alvaro & Ratha, Dilip
- 11306 Deep and Shallow Decarbonization in Supply Chains
by Beck, Anne Helene & Pedraza, Alvaro
- 11305 How Do Organizations Learn ? The Diffusion of Scientific Evidence on Generative AI
by Shaukat, Mahvish Ifrah & Stegmann, Andreas & Toma, Mattie
- 11304 The Cycle of Hate, and What We Can Do About It
by Esses, Victoria & Harell, Allison & Lowe, Matt & Markus, Hazel Rose & Mills, Aaron & Rao, Manasi & Rao, Vijayendra & Reicher, Stephen & Singh, Prerna
- 11303 Demographic Transition and Education Expenditure in South Asia : Opportunities and Challenges
by Marchionni, Mariana & Tognatta, Namrata Raman & Vazquez, Emmanuel Jose & Yanez Pagans, Monica
- 11302 The Effect of Survey Mode on Data Quality : Experimental Evidence from Nigeria
by Markhof, Yannick Valentin & Wollburg, Philip Randolph & Palacios-Lopez, Amparo & Castaing, Pauline & Sagesaka, Akiko & Contreras, Ivette
- 11301 Striving for Economic Security : Emerging Middle Class in the East Asia and Pacific Region
by Krah, Kwabena & Montalva Talledo, Veronica Sonia & Tiwari, Sailesh
- 11300 The Rise and Regulation of Digital Credit: Lessons from Indonesia
by Alibhai, Salman & Breza, Emily & Kanz, Martin & Strobbe, Francesco
- 11299 Individual Demand for Building State Effectiveness
by Dienes, Harry J. & Rogger, Daniel & Emagne, Yetsedaw & Schinaia, Giulio
- 11298 Does LLM Assistance Improve Healthcare Delivery ? An Evaluation Using On-Site Physicians and Laboratory Tests
by Abaluck, Jason & Pless, Robert & Ravi, Nirmal & Sautmann, Anja & Schwartz, Aaron
- 11297 Not All Shocks Are Shared Equally : Commodity Exporters and International Risk Sharing
by Luttini, Emiliano Evaristo & Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework & Mercer-Blackman, Valerie & Sorensen, Bent
- 11296 How Much Do Commodity Exporters Share Risk ?
by Luttini, Emiliano Evaristo & Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework & Mercer-Blackman, Valerie & Sorensen, Bent
- 11295 African Trade and Investment for Global Resilience : The Mattei Lecture at the World Bank’s 2025 Africa Growth and Opportunity—Research in Action (AGORA) Conference
by Okonjo-Iweala, Ngozi
- 11294 The Hidden Costs of Violence : How Crime Shapes Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Latin America
by De Hoop, Jacobus Joost & Tribin Uribe, Ana Maria & Velásquez, Andrea
- 11293 Who Benefits from Public Spending on Health Care ? Longitudinal Evidence from Ethiopia
by Ambel, Alemayehu A. & Belete, Getachew Yirga
- 11292 CLARE : A Causal machine Learning Approach to Resilience Estimation
by Kilic, Talip & Letta, Marco & Montalbano, Pierluigi & Petruccelli, Federica
- 11291 Evaluating Paraguay’s Vulnerability to the EU Deforestation-Free Regulation
by Borchers Arriagada, Nicolas & Conte Grand, Mariana & Reyes, Daniel & Rojas, Diego & Yoong, Pui Shen
- 11290 Unreliable Electricity in Developing Countries : The Role of Weak Institutions
by Berha, Andu & Khemani, Stuti
- 11289 Neither Too Little, nor Too Late : Restructuring as a Reflex for Outcomes
by Martin, Lisandro & Leguia Alegria, Juan Jose & Han, Ze
- 11288 “I Want to Break Free”: How Laws and Social Norms Open Doors for Women
by Gurbuz Cuneo, Alev & Tribin Uribe, Ana Maria & Trumbic, Tea & Perrin, Caroline
- 11287 Firm Credit Constraints and Electronic Payments: A Global Analysis
by Galilea, Manuel & Farazi, Subika & Mare, Davide Salvatore
- 11286 Nudging at Scale : Evidence from a Government Text Messaging Campaign during School Shutdowns in Punjab, Pakistan
by Geven, Koen Martijn & Tahir, Ayesha & Fasih, Tazeen & Qureshi, Javaeria & Hasan, Amer & Fazili, Sheena & Malik, Rabea & Macdonald, Kevin Alan David
- 11285 South Africa’s Fragmented Cities : The Unequal Burden of Labor Market Frictions
by Baez, Javier E. & Kshirsagar, Varun Sridhar
- 11284 Heat, Informality, and Misallocation: Firm Adaptation in the Short and Long Run
by Rexer, Jonah Matthew & Sharma, Siddharth
- 11283 Climate and Social Sustainability in Fragility, Conflict, and Violence Contexts
by Cuesta Leiva, Jose Antonio & Huff, Connor
- 11282 Investment in Emerging and Developing Economies
by Adarov, Amat & Kose, Ayhan & Vorisek, Dana
- 11281 Closing the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship : Overcoming Challenges in Law and Practice for Female Entrepreneurs
by Behr, Daniela Monika & Xi, Yue
- 11280 Do Informal Businesses with More-Educated Owners Adopt Better Business Practices ? Evidence from the Central African Republic
by Amin, Mohammad & Islam, Asif Mohammed & Padhi, Debasmita
- 11279 Institutional Capacity for Policy Implementation : An Analytical Framework
by Kim, Galileu & Kumar, Tanu & Ramalho, Rita & Russell, Stuart Ehrlich
- 11278 Group Consulting Continues to Benefit Firms after a Decade : Experimental Evidence from Colombian Auto Parts Firms
by Iacovone, Leonardo & McKenzie, David & Maloney, William F.
2025
- 202022 The Social Dimensions of Climate Change in India : From Adaptation to Mitigation
by Mehta, Soumya Kapoor & Gupta, Neelanjana
- 111218 Gender Gaps in the Performance of Small Firms : Evidence from Urban Peru
by Celiku, Bledi & Ubfal, Diego Javier & Valdivia, Martin
- 11277 Growth and Opportunity for Africa — The World Bank Africa Growth and Opportunity : Research in Action Conference
by Liser, Florizelle & Treiber, Laird
- 11276 The Contribution of Human Capital to Current and Future Growth : An Extension of the World Bank’s Long-Term Growth Model (LTGM-HC)
by Galego Mendes, Arthur & Pennings, Steven Michael
- 11275 Seeds of Change : The Effects of the Introduction of Bt Cotton in India
by Gwee, Yi Jie
- 11274 External Finance in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies : A Tale of Differences in Vulnerabilities
by Kim, Dohan & Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria
- 11273 Mapping the Gender Dimension in Taxation and Budgeting : A Cross-Country Study of Laws, Policies and Practices
by Niesten, Hannelore Maria L. & Ferraz Di Ricco, Luiza & Sakhonchik, Alena
- 11272 Revisiting Public Capital Needs : An Analysis of Growth-Maximizing Investment with Efficiency and Congestion Effects
by Herrera Aguilera, Santiago & Hurlin, Christophe & Isaka, Hironobu
- 11271 Psychological Barriers to Participation in the Labor Market : Evidence from Rural Ghana
by Carvalho, Leandro & de Walque, Damien B. C. M. & Lund, Crick & Schofield, Heather & Somville, Vincent & Wei, Jingyao
- 11270 Medium-Term Impacts of Integrated Social Safety Nets : Cash Transfers, Information Meetings, and Home Visits for Child Development
by Akresh, Richard & de Walque, Damien B. C. M. & Kazianga, Harounan & Stocker, Abigail
- 11269 Country-Level Pathways to 30x30 and Their Implications for Global Biodiversity Protection
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Blankespoor, Brian & Wheeler, David
- 11268 How Laws Promote Economic Opportunities : A Review
by Saavedra Caballero, Fabiola & Tribin Uribe, Ana Maria & Perrin, Caroline Sabine Marie
- 11267 Rigging the Scores : Corruption through Scoring Rule Manipulation in Public Procurement Auctions
by Chen, Qianmiao
- 11266 Pollution Intensity of Consumption : Exploring the Environmental Engel Curve Based on Micro-Data from 109 Countries
by Ebadi, Ebad & Rentschler, Jun
- 11265 Temptation, Self-Control, and the Design of Optimal Unemployment Insurance
by Xie, Zoe Leiyu & Yu, Pei Cheng
- 11264 Investment Policy Reforms and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows : A Case Study of Ethiopia
by Fwaga, Sammy Oketch & Chakrapani, Deepa & Tefera, Girum Abebe
- 11263 Labor Demand in the Age of Generative AI : Early Evidence from the U.S. Job Posting Data
by Liu, Yan & Wang, He & Yu, Shu
- 11262 Beyond Green Jobs : Advancing Metrics and Modeling Approaches for a Changing Labor Market
by Mealy, Penelope Ann & Bucker, Joris Joseph Johannes Hendrik & Moura, Fernanda Senra de & Knudsen, Camilla
- 11261 The Economics of Water Scarcity
by Frost, Jon & Madeira, Carlos & Martinez Jaramillo, Serafin
- 11260 Gender and Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Analysis through the Life Cycle
by Hernandez, Paola Buitrago & Sardon, Daniela Maquera & Nopo Aguilar, Hugo Rolando & Rubiano Matulevich, Eliana Carolina
- 11259 Assessing the Macroeconomic Impacts of Stochastic Climate Shocks in Paraguay
by Ruberl, Heather & Yoong, Pui Shen & Castillo, Diego & Boehlert, Brent
- 11258 The MANAGE-WB Applied General Equilibrium Model of the World Bank : Model Documentation and User Guide
by Beyene, Lulit Mitik & Britz, Wolfgang Karl Heinz & Christensen, Martin Aaroee & Dudu, Hasan & Galindev, Ragchaasuren
- 11257 What Underlies the Poor Financial Performance of Electric Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa ?
by Timilsina, Govinda R.
- 11256 Women’s Mobility and Labor Supply : Experimental Evidence from Pakistan
by Garlick, Robert & Field, Erica & Vyborny, Kate
- 11255 Direct and Indirect Impacts of Transport Mobility on Access to Jobs : Evidence from South Africa
by Iimi, Atsushi
- 11254 From Policy to Practice : Lessons from the Implementation of the Refugee Work Rights Policy in Ethiopia
by Perez, Ana Maria & Rozo, Sandra
- 11253 The Distributional Impacts of Climatic Variability on Welfare in Thailand
by Tiwari, Sailesh & Skoufias, Emmanuel & Kshirsagar, Varun Sridhar
- 11252 The Evolution of Local Participatory Democracy in Nepal
by Bhusal, Thaneshwar & Breen, Michael G & Rao, Vijayendra
- 11251 The Impact of Technology on Migration to the United States from Central America and the Dominican Republic
by Viollaz, Mariana & Laguinge, Luis & Moroz, Harry
- 11250 An Exploration of Systemwide Flood Protection Standards for Coastal Polders in Bangladesh
by Jongejan, Ruben & Van Ledden, Matheus & Lendering, Kasper & Verschuur, Jasper & Shuvra, Debashish Paul & Jafino, Bramka Arga & Kazi, Swarna
- 11249 Nickel, Steel and Cars : Export Ban and Domestic Value-Added in Indonesia
by Kee, Hiau Looi & Xie, Enze
- 11248 Monitoring Global Aid Flows : A Novel Approach Using Large Language Models
by Luo, Xubei & Rajasekaran, Arvind Balaji & Scruggs, Andrew Conner
- 11247 When Does a Village Become a Town ? Revisiting Pakistan’s Urbanization Using Satellite Data
by Barriga Cabanillas, Oscar Eduardo & Farooq, Marziya & Meyer, Moritz & Wieser, Christina
- 11246 Advancing the Jobs Agenda : Toward Self-Reliance in Refugee Situations
by Sarzin, Zara Inga
- 11245 From Awareness to Action ? Experimental Evidence on Challenges in Reducing School-Related Gender-Based Violence Through a Multi-Component Program in Zambia
by Friedson-Ridenour, Sophia & Chang, Wei & Ebrahim, Menaal Fatima & Jose, Anu & Bedi, Tara & King, Michael & Obbie, Musama & Samuyachi, Kahilu & Barrantes, Carla Z Glave & Garcia, Yenny Chavarria
- 11244 Fast Action for Floods : RCT Evidence on Forecast-based Cash Transfers from Bangladesh and Nepal
by Adusumalli, Nidhila & Batmunkh, Odbayar & Christian, Paul J. & Dunsch, Felipe & Heirman, Jonas & Kelley, Erin & Kondylis, Florence & Lane, Gregory & Malhotra, Kriti & Waidler, Jennifer
- 11243 Measuring Exposure and Vulnerability to International Trade Shocks
by Arvis, Jean-Francois & Burman, Akanksha & Espitia Rueda, Alvaro Raul & Maur, Jean-Christophe & Rocha, Nadia & Ulybina, Daria
- 11242 The State of Global Services Trade Policies : Evidence from Recent Data
by Baiker, Laura & Borchert, Ingo & Echandi, Roberto & Fernandes, Ana Margarida & Hans, Ishrat & Magdeleine, Joscelyn & Marchetti, Juan A. & Colomer, Ester Rubio
- 11241 Joint Land Titles and Women's Status in Uganda
by Poulin, Michelle & Pierotti, Rachael Susan
- 11240 Green Product Exports, Domestic Value Added and Trade Policies : Firm-Level Evidence from China
by Kee, Hiau Looi & Taglioni, Daria & Xie, Enze
- 11239 Promoting Women’s Leadership : What Works, What Doesn’t, and What’s Missing
by Bramucci, Francesca & Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria & Viollaz, Mariana
- 11238 Biodiversity Guidance for Road Corridor Investments : Mobilizing New Data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Blankespoor, Brian & Wheeler, David
- 11237 Satellite-Based Measures for Tracking Atmospheric CO₂ and CH₄ at National, Subnational, and Urban Scales
by Blankespoor, Brian & Dasgupta, Susmita & Wheeler, David
- 11236 It’s Not (Just) the Tariffs : Rethinking Non-Tariff Measures in a Fragmented Global Economy
by Taglioni, Daria & Kee, Hiau Looi
- 11235 What Do Small and Informal Household Enterprises Want ?
by Cerkez, Nicolas & Cunningham, Wendy & Gupta, Sarika & Lung, Felix
- 11234 Process Legitimacy and Development : Analytical Framings, Implications, and Applications
by Barron, Patrick John & Gassier, Marine & Ikindji, Meltem & Woolcock, Michael
- 11233 Public Preferences for Economic Reforms Are Shaped More by Design Than Cost
by Hoy, Christopher Alexander & Kim, Yeon Soo & Imtiaz, Saad & Rojas Mendez, Ana Maria & Meyer, Moritz & Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo Javier & Kim, Lydia & Seitz, William Hutchins & Helmy, Imane & Uochi, Ikuko & Touray, Sering & Singh, Juni & Sjahrir, Bambang Suharnoko & Pape, Utz Johann & Fuchs Tarlovsky, Alan & Nguyen, Trang Van & Gencer, Defne & Lee, Min A & Sagesaka, Akiko & Contreras, Ivette
- 11232 Access to Capital and Women's Entrepreneurship
by Tefera, Girum Abebe & Cassidy, Rachel & Weis, Toni Johannes
- 11231 Who on Earth Is Using Generative AI ? Global Trends and Shifts in 2025
by Liu, Yan & Huang, Jingyun & Wang, He
- 11230 The Marshall Plan: Then and Now
by Kedrosky, Davis & Mokyr, Joel
- 11229 Public and Private Transit : Evidence from Lagos
by Björkegren, Daniel & Duhaut, Alice & Nagpal, Geetika & Tsivanidis, Nick
- 11228 The Impact of a Mobile Money Levy on Household Welfare: Evidence from Tanzania
by Paul, Revocatus Washington & Sharma, Dhiraj
- 11227 Public Procurement and Firms : Evidence from Kenya
by Mensah, Justice Tei & Wankuru, Peter Chacha & Kirui, Benard K.
- 11226 Green versus Conventional Corporate Debt: From Issuances to Emissions
by Cortina Lorente, Juan Jose & Raddatz, Claudio & Schmukler, Sergio & Williams, Tomas
- 11225 Stanley Fischer Memorial Lecture: Geopolitics and Development—The World Bank ABCDE Conference
by Zoellick, Robert B.
- 11224 Five Frictions : Key Labor Market Barriers to Unlocking Job Growth in the Green Transition
by Knudsen, Camilla & Moura, Fernanda Senra de & Bucker, Joris Joseph Johannes Hendrik & Mealy, Penelope Ann
- 11223 Women as Environmental Leaders: Shifting the Narrative from Vulnerability to Empowerment
by Alsaleh, Adhwaa & Borker, Girija & Uckat, Hannah Irmela
- 11222 Deterring Industrial Vessels from African Coastal Fisheries
by Agarwal, Aishwarya & Englander, Gabriel
- 11221 Using Remotely Sensed Data to Assess War-Induced Damage to Agricultural Cultivation : Evidence from Ukraine
by Deininger, Klaus W. & Ali, Daniel Ayalew & Nataliia, Kussul & Lemoine, Guido & Shelestov, Andrii & Shumilo, Leonid
- 11220 Natural Disasters and Perceived Returns to Education
by Doumbia, Macoura & de Walque, Damien B. C. M.
- 11219 Geopolitical Risks and Trade
by Mulabdic, Alen & Yotov, Yoto V.
- 11217 The Impact of Atlantic Hurricanes on Business Activity
by Agarwal, Sumit & Choudhury, Smarajit Paul & Fan, Mingxuan & Klapper, Leora
- 11216 Higher Education Expansion and Firm Organization
by Cirera, Xavier & Cruz, Marcio & Soares Martins Neto, Antonio
- 11215 Uneven Waters : Examining Poverty and Urban and Rural Households' Exposure to Flood Risk in Paraguay
by Ervin, Paul & Gayoso, Lyliana & Rubiano Matulevich, Eliana Carolina